World / Middle East

    DUBAI: Saudi air defence forces on Monday intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, but the Saudi-led coalition said it would maintain a...

Ahmet Davutoglu celebrates National Sovereignty and Childrens Day during his visit to Ataturk Mausoleum Anitkabir to in Ankara Turkey on April 23, 2016.  ...

By AYA BATRAWY DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: A court in the United Arab Emirates handed a life sentence on Monday to the husband...

  MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during a phone call on Monday that measures must be...

Yasser Mesbah Tunis: Tunisian authorities prevented nearly 2,000 people from travelling abroad to join jihadist groups in the first three months of this...

  ANKARA: The European Union should "adopt a more resolute stance in the fight against terrorism", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday on...

Egyptian firefighters extinguish fire at the popular market area of Al-Atabaa in downtown Cairo, on May 9, 2016.   AFP / AHMED ABD EL-GAWAD  ...

 Salim al-Jubouri Baghdad: Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri, met here Monday with President of the European Union Mission Patrick Simone and heads of...

  Ramallah: Palestinian Minister of Culture Ehab Bseiso and head Kuwaiti cultural delegation to Ramallah Mansour Al Eneizi, inaugurated "The Kuwaiti-Palestinian relations" photo exhibition...

Graphic content / Somali security forces personnel secure the area at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia on May...

  JAFFA: The trial of an Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter after he was caught on video fatally shooting a wounded Palestinian attacker in...

File photo of an Iranian precision-guided ballistic missile launched as it is tested at an undisclosed location October 11, 2015. Reuters    DUBAI: Iran...

Lebanon's former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri takes a selfie with his ink-stained thumb after casting his ballot at a polling station during Beirut's...

Boxes of humanitarian aid stacked at a warehouse near the Emirates Red Crescent headquarters in Abu Dhabi on March 30, 2016 (AFP Photo/Handout)  ...

Yemenis gather at a small fishing port in Yemen's government-controlled second city of Aden's Tawahi neighbourhood to mark the one year anniversary of...

Syrian opponents prepare to fire rockets as they fight against the Assad regime forces in the Khan Tuman town of Aleppo, Syria on...

People look on as war-planes carry out bombing nearby in Kilis on May 7, 2016. AFP / ILYAS AKENGIN   Ankara: The Turkish Armed...

  BENGHAZI, Libya: Libya’s Tobruk-based government has refused to hand over power to a UN-backed national unity government until the latter is given a...